Europa - Underwater Fauna & Flora

This year, the theme of the EUROPA stamp series is underwater fauna and flora. The stamps depict the well-known fish and flora of our homeland. The zander is a species of predatory fish from the order Perciformes. In Estonia, the zander lives in Lake Võrtsjärv, Lake Peipus, in the lakes of South-Eastern and Southern Estonia, River Emajõgi, and in the desalinated bays of the Baltic Sea. The zander has been chosen as the fish of the year 2024. The Baltic flounder is a fish that belongs to the Pleuronectidae family and the Platichthys genus. It is characterised by a wide and flat body. The flounder is a bottom-dwelling sea fish that prefers to live in shallow seas and highly desalinated places near river mouths. The bladder wrack is the biggest algae in Estonia. It can grow to a length of up to 75 cm. The crisp-leaved pondweed is a plant in the Potamogetonaceae family and the Potamogeton genus.